Railway-rail brace.



O. H. YORK.

RAILWAY RAIL BEACH.

APPLXOATION mum MAY 2a. 1913.

latented J an. 27, 1914.

theme:

M. 83/ 5 m Wm CHARLES H. YORK, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-RAIL BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 27, 191 1.

Application filed May 26, 1913. Serial No. 770,005.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail braces.

The principal object of the invention is to.

15, provide a simple brace which can be quickly and easily adjusted for application to either straight rails or curves.

Otherjobjects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying,

drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of my rail brace as applied to straight rails. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention as applied to a curve. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig.

1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the plate 18 and portions of the bars 11.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, and especially Figs. 1 and 3,

10 represents the straight rails of a railway,

to which my invention is applied. Ex-

; tending from'one of the rails are the bars 11,

the outer end of each of which is bent to embrace the base of the rail, as clearly shown at 12. Slidably and adjustably mounted on each of the bars 11, for engagement with the base on the other side of the rail. is a. clamp 13, this clamp being held by the bolts 14 4n and nuts 15. The opposite end of each of the bars llis oflset as indicated at 16, these ends being apertured to receive the vertical bolt 17. A plate 18 has its inner end disposed between the ofi'set ends of the bars 11, this end being apertured to receive the bolt 17 therethrough, so that the inner ends of said bars are pivotally connected to the plate. The outer end of the plate 18 has a vertical extension 19, this extension carrying a set screw 20 which is adapted to bear against the block 21 disposed between the said projection and the web of the rail, this block having a downturned portion 22 for engagement between the edge of the base of the rail and the projection 19. A clamp 23 is adjustably mounted on the plate 18 by means of the bolts 24 for engagement: with the base of the rail on the side opposite the block 21.

AS shown in Fig. 1, the device is used on straight rails, but when it is desired to use the sam'e on a curve, as seen in' Fig. 2, the arms or bars 11 can, readily accommodate themselves to curves of various degrees by virtue .of their pivotal connection with the plate 18. It will also be noted that the projection 19 and the attached clamp 23 engage one rail at a point directly opposite the joint of the opposite rail, the clamps of the arms or bars 11 engaging the second rail on each side of the joint.

Attention is particularly directed to the fact that by virtue of the pivotal connection between the bars 11 and the plate 18, the said brace can be quickly and easily adjusted to the rails of railways of different gages, and also to curves of diiierent degrees.

\Vhat is claimed is:

In a rail brace, a v member carrying a clamp for engagement with one rail of a railway, bars pivotally connected to each other and to the said member and extending toward the opposite rail, and clamps carried by the said bars for engagement with the said opposite rail.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. YORK, HARRY RHINEHART. 

